Mobile devices – smartphones and tablets – are powerful computers that are increasingly used for commerce and financial transactions. Consumers will spend $235 billion through mobile transactions, making mobile devices a lucrative channel and the next frontier for cybercriminals to exploit. Mobile attack vectors including malware, malicious apps, Wi-Fi exploits and VPN masking are real and sophisticated along two dimensions: exploiting mobile to steal information and commit payment fraud, and using mobile devices to launch criminal attacks. Yet the security response for mobile devices is still in its infancy.”]

